Flaking-machine.



E. M. LAWRENCE.

'FLAKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 190s.

913,018. Patents@ Fen-23,1909.

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A*which theiollowin is aspecification.

fonrfinn STATE-s Application filed March 'l'o a-llwhom -it may concern:

Be it known `that I, EDWARD State of Maine, have invented new and usel ful Improvements 1n I1`laku1g-Machmes, pf

My invention re ates `to improvements in fish akinginahines,

In -thefpreparation flsmall' fish for canning itis custnnayto first immerse the 'sh in brine and then put th'eni upon `flakes for the .purpose of-drying. The fla'kesused consist lof rectangular 'iframes'in` the center of which is a line'lrv'ire mesh, the" framelbeing necessarily of considerable width in order to gri ve suflicientrigidit tsupportthe wire. llV is found that 'the'.lish are 'cured more thoroughly and are 01.. 1noije uniform quality. when 'dried entirely'* on the mesh than on the evenly distributedu on 'theflakes '3 isa transversesee Quail."

In the drawings ierewith accompanying and makingparg o f this applicatiom'Figure 1 is a side eevati'quo my improved appara*- lus with pats. broken away to' more. fully expose the pa of a link in thlendlessfchain cinvey ronveyer and Fi lake. y 1

Same letters of parts. ji', --;1 1t will'henoted-thaftthe prese is .designed to take {ishautomatical a tank, convey lthem to .and spread eveniyinjona Hake. and 'also' to proven from fallingsf:I upon the 'frameof the lie'the ,same as 1n niy'gformer pate-nt .abover'eterred to. It will benoted further ""that'iir' the present case th'elsh :are lmaintained under positive control` from the time they leave the tank until they aredeposited upon the. flake, whereby a more even and orderly distribution of the fish is attainable.

In said drawings A represents a 'hopper mounted u on Aafraine B, pivotally secured to a shaft on a stationary upright of the Specification of Letters P atent.

y M. L iwRExoE, a citizen 4of the 'United States, and resident Yof Lubec, inthe county of raslnngtom s; Fig; 2 is a-.perspective view PATENT oFFieE.

EDWARD n. L uvnnxois, oF LUBEC, MAINE.

FLAKING-MACHINE ranented Feb. 23, 1909.

7,1905. serial No. 419,639. Y'

main frame D. The hopper 1s, for-convenig upon the Aframe B by means of straps E. l One side of the hopper is closedby an endvless conveyer F passing overa. sprocket. Gr n \ounted at.. the lower extremity of the frame .B and over a-sprocket G secured to shaft C.

It also passesarou-nd auxiliarys'prockets G2 and Gr3 'conveniently mounted upon some )art of -the main frame.. The -conveyer F has' the links with and without buckets H in alternate series, the apparatus bein timed so that the links Without buckets Wil be .coj incident with the assing of the flake frames under Athepoint ot delivery, so thatfish' willl only be delivered upon the screen portion of 'the flakes.

In conse nen theulinks oi the cfonveyer are not provided \vit.l'i 'buck`ets :it` is -necessary topro'virle the loiver'part of the'hopper with a .narrow extension A', su'cl'iextn'sion being equal to or .greater thanL4 'the `'spaces on lthe conveyer unprovided. vv itl1 buckets, sofas to prevent fish. :l'ron i'allii1g from the.' bottom of the hopper when thepart -ot" the l conveve'r Without Fig. S.

. l' regni iatus at an)1 desired angle in any convenient \vay, asby means of anadjusting bar J provided .wit-ha slot J through ivhich ansetscren'- J2 taking intotlie upright fatany time more thanthe-'averagelamount I. ol. lishfare taken up by any of thebuckets l 'prevent them fronrbei11g.ca1ried forwardol.`;1;rotar brush K mounted' on ll{."=allzxclied lto theframe B, the ing adjacent to the edges ofA the 7 sand being driven by a belt L. The .ln-uslralso tendsto arrange the tishin horiz'ontah'position,'they moving -freely among' themselves.

The fish; are delivered at the opposite end of the machine into a rotary drum M 'provided with aseries of radially disposed compartments M" s arranged and timed that each compartment receives the fish delivered from a single bucket. The drum M is driven by a gear connection N -with the shaft 0 ence, substantially V-'shaped and is mounted ce ot' the fact some' of'v sof -hucketsgishnear 'ithefbottom of"A the hopper" proper. Tl\{ejlmc' l {etsconsistof angle p ates secured lplpsl ou .the links, asscen inthe bucket.' hy varying the angleoi'zfthat per' an l' I maintain this .part of tjl'iegappalos 10.. rai sedasi1cient distance above the carrier frame to said main frame, an endless con- -veyer passing over said frames, a seriesof buckets carried by said conveyer the series being broken at1predetermined distances, a

hopper mounted upon said auxiliary frame and .open 'on the side next to the conveyer and means for imparting motion to saidconve en'.

2537.' In a tish'laking machine, a main frame, an. auxiliary frame ivotally attached at the top to the main rame, an. endless consveyer passing over saidframes, and means 1 or imparting .motion thereto," a hopper mounted upon said auxiliary Vframe and o en on the side next to the conveyer, an end ess B -upon which gearl Gr2 is mounted. To guide the fish intojthe drum I provide a pivoted guard P adjacent the'point where the fish" leave the conveyer. At a point below the 5 I locate an endless conveyer Q for -the flakes V". This .conveyer passes around s rockets R and R. and is provided with "-shaped guards S 'set transversely thereof to. givefentraiiceto 'the'. ends of the flake frames; 'thispart-o'f my invention being sub stantially the same and :operating in the.

s'sh'eaeaeuifefed from altem M upon fzo'an infclinedapron-'U- and thence -fall from' th p'1f9l1 .'in regulated' quantities and in eliyered directly upon the by any convenient mechanism no t hownvg s A t Thgop arethus'- conveyed 'under the'brush 'de ivered in due courseto the drum and by the are delivered upon hthe apron from l0 which they Yslide bj gravity upon the iiakes;

the brush and V-s a ed compartments lhaving combined to bring the fish into horizonta'l" positions. extendingtransversely of thef flakes.

tion to said conveyor.

2. In a fish link' g machine, a main frame, an auxiliary :ix-ame pivotally attached at the rop to the main frame, means for varying e0 the anali."n oi, inclination' of said auxiliary belolvit bein ake'sj instea .of. being allowed to fall 25y through-'a considerable space as was the case i my former.patent;v The apparatus may f b. driven:

erariale effin" improved device 'isf sh are placed in bulk' flake conveyor mounted on said main frame, 1n combination vwith a-rotary receiving and spreading drum interposed between said conveyers and meansfor imparting motion to said conveyer and to said rotary drum, all arranged and timed to deliver the contents ofthe hopper intermittently upon the flake arrving conveyer.

an auxiliar frame pivotally attached thereto, means or varying the .angle ofinclination of said auxiliary frame, an endless con- 'yey'e'r mounted. on a series ofsprockets set in said main and auxiliary frames, buckets -mounted on said conveyer, a fish-'containing hopper secured upoiitheauxiliary frame and open on' the slde'next to said'conveyer, a rotary distributinggdrum provided with 4'.' In a fish aking machine,Y a main frame,A

radiallydisposed compartments adapted to.-

receive the contents of the' buckets and distribute them on the Hakes, an endless flake carrier positioned below said distributing.

"drumand means for" imparting motion to 5. In a sh laking machine, an endless conveyer provided with a series of buckets, the series being broken at predetermined distances, and an endless conveyer provided with flakes having solid ends and reticulated ruary, 1908. Y

EDWARD M. LA'WRENCE. In presence of- 5 GLENN' A. LAWRENCE,

WM. F.. BRAUN.

45 Having thus described my invention and centers, in combination with a rotary re- 105 its use I claim ceiving and spreading drum provided with l. In a fish flaking machine, a main frame, radially disposed compartments each. vadaptan auxiliary frame pivotally secured-at the ed to receive the contents of a single bucket top -t'the main frame, an endless conveyer and distribute the same upon the flakes` all 50 mounted' on said frames, means for varying arranged and timed to spread the contents 1-10 the'augle of inclination of said auxiliary of the buckets upon the reticulated vportions frame to said main trame, a series of buckets only ot' the llakes, on said conveyer, a hopper mounted en -said .Intesl-in'iony whereof I have signed my auxiliary frame and open on the side neat to name to tins specification in presence of two 55 the conveyer` and means for'imparting mosubscribing witnesses this 26th day of F eb- 115 

